Sara Maria Hector (born 4 September 1992) is a Swedish World Cup alpine ski racer who is the 2022 Olympic champion in giant slalom. She has competed at seven World Championships and won four medals in the team event (2011, 2015, 2021, 2025).
Hector gained her first World Cup victory in December 2014, a giant slalom in Kühtai, Austria. At her third Winter Olympics in 2022, she was the gold medalist in giant slalom, which was her first Olympic medal and the first Olympic gold for Sweden in the women's GS event in thirty years. She was the flag bearer for Sweden during the opening ceremony of the 2026 Winter Olympics along with Walter Wallberg.
Hector won the silver medal in the giant slalom at the 2026 Winter Olympics.
World Cup results
Season standings
| Season | ||||||||
| Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined | Parallel | |
| 2010 | 17 | 120 | — | 45 | — | — | — | —N/a |
| 2011 | 18 | 93 | — | 32 | — | — | — | |
| 2012 | 19 | 102 | — | 41 | — | — | — | |
| 2013 | 20 | 80 | 48 | 37 | 47 | — | — | |
| 2014 | 21 | 61 | — | 26 | — | — | 5 | |
| 2015 | 22 | 19 | 29 | 4 | — | — | — | |
| 2016 | 23 | 64 | 38 | 27 | — | — | — | |
| 2017 | 24 | 66 | 54 | 21 | — | — | — | |
| 2018 | 25 | 49 | 57 | 10 | — | — | — | |
| 2019 | 26 | 45 | 32 | 15 | — | — | — | |
| 2020 | 27 | 33 | 28 | 12 | — | — | — | 16 |
| 2021 | 28 | 16 | 13 | 11 | — | — | —N/a | 4 |
| 2022 | 29 | 7 | 12 | — | — | 5 | ||
| 2023 | 30 | 10 | 9 | 6 | — | — | —N/a | |
| 2024 | 31 | 4 | 6 | — | — | |||
| 2025 | 32 | 5 | 9 | — | — | |||
| 2026 | 33 | 9 | 10 | — | — |
Race podiums
| Season | ||||
| Date | Location | Discipline | Place | |
| 2015 | 12 December 2014 | Åre, Sweden | Giant slalom | 2nd |
| 28 December 2014 | Kühtai in Tirol, Austria | Giant slalom | 1st | |
| 2021 | 12 December 2020 | Courchevel, France | Giant slalom | 2nd |
| 2022 | 21 December 2021 | Giant slalom | 2nd | |
| 22 December 2021 | Giant slalom | 1st | ||
| 28 December 2021 | Lienz, Austria | Giant slalom | 3rd | |
| 8 January 2022 | Kranjska Gora, Slovenia | Giant slalom | 1st | |
| 25 January 2022 | Kronplatz, Italy | Giant slalom | 1st | |
| 6 March 2022 | Lenzerheide, Switzerland | Giant slalom | 3rd | |
| 2023 | 26 November 2022 | Killington, United States | Giant slalom | 3rd |
| 10 December 2022 | Sestriere, Italy | Giant slalom | 2nd | |
| 25 January 2023 | Kronplatz, Italy | Giant slalom | 3rd | |
| 10 March 2023 | Åre, Sweden | Giant slalom | 3rd | |
| 2024 | 29 December 2023 | Lienz, Austria | Giant slalom | 3rd |
| 16 January 2024 | Flachau, Austria | Slalom | 3rd | |
| 20 January 2024 | Jasná, Slovakia | Giant slalom | 1st | |
| 30 January 2024 | Kronplatz, Italy | Giant slalom | 2nd | |
| 9 March 2024 | Åre, Sweden | Giant slalom | 2nd | |
| 2025 | 30 November 2024 | Killington, United States | Giant slalom | 1st |
| 28 December 2024 | Semmering, Austria | Giant slalom | 2nd | |
| 4 January 2025 | Kranjska Gora, Slovenia | Giant slalom | 1st | |
| 14 January 2025 | Flachau, Austria | Slalom | 3rd | |
| 30 January 2025 | Courchevel, France | Slalom | 2nd | |
| 25 March 2025 | Sun Valley, United States | Giant slalom | 3rd | |
| 2026 | 7 December 2025 | Tremblant, Canada | Giant slalom | 2nd |
| 27 December 2025 | Semmering, Austria | Giant slalom | 3rd | |
| 20 January 2026 | Kronplatz, Italy | Giant slalom | 3rd | |
| 24 January 2026 | Špindlerův Mlýn, Czech Republic | Giant slalom | 1st |
